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3 places in london for fans of history
1. 3 places in london for fans of history
3 PLACES IN LONDONFOR FANS OF HISTORY
PREPARED BY ALINA CHEREMISSINA 10A
2. The natural history museum
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMThe Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that
exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is
one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington. The
museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80
million items within five main
collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology.
Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as
well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin.
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• The Natural History Museum Library containsextensive books, journals, manuscripts, and
artwork collections linked to the work and
research of the scientific departments; access
to the library is by appointment only
4. The buckingham palace
THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE• Buckingham Palace is the London residence and
administrative headquarters of the reigning monarch of the
United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the
Palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal
hospitality. Originally known as Buckingham House, the
building at the core of today's palace was a
large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703
on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150
years.
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• The last major structural additions were made in the late19th and early 20th centuries. The palace has 775 rooms,
and the garden is the largest private garden in London.
The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining,
are open to the public each year for most of August and
September and on some days in winter and spring.
6. British Museum
BRITISH MUSEUM• The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area
of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated
to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection,
numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most
comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents,
illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its
beginnings to the present. The British Museum was established
in 1753.
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• Its expansion over the following two and a half centurieswas largely a result of expanding British colonization and
has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions.
The museum is a non-departmental public body
sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media
and Sport, and as with all other national museums in the
United Kingdom it charges no admission fee, except for
loan exhibitions.